Obama signs bill cutting $2.2 billion in highway...

Posted by Equipment World Staff on Aug 16, 2010

The House of Representatives passed a stimulus bill on Tuesday, Aug. 10 that will rescind $2.2 billion in highway contract ...

Biting the hand that feeds you

Posted by Tom Jackson on Feb 22, 2010

Republicans in Congress are finally getting called out for talking trash about the stimulus bill and then bellying up to ...

Cash for caulkers: $57K per home

Posted by Tom Jackson on Feb 19, 2010

If there were ever a good example of why the government should stop trying to do feel-good, small bore projects ...

Official stimulus tracking website finally live

Posted by Tom Jackson on Sep 28, 2009

The government run website that tracks where all the stimulus bill money has gone or will go if finally up ...

Stimulus saves a million jobs? Sure, at $787K per job

Posted by Tom Jackson on Sep 15, 2009

The White House Council of Economic Advisors was all aglow with the news that the stimulus bill "saved or created" ...

Is the stimulus working? Truth be told, nobody knows

Posted by Tom Jackson on Aug 21, 2009

And this assessment is from a supporter of the stimulus. We've said all along that the stimulus was more about paying ...

Counting stimulus jobs: let the spin begin

Posted by Tom Jackson on Jul 28, 2009

The Associated Press has a good report out this morning on how various political enterprises are taking credit for jobs ...

Womens’ groups derail infrastructure stimulus...

Posted by Tom Jackson on Jun 22, 2009

Back when he was campaigning for the presidency, Barack Obama frequently mentioned the need to reinvest in our nation's physical ...

Stimulus contracts favor big, politically connected...

Posted by Tom Jackson on Jun 08, 2009

According the Montana's Missoulian newspaper, local firms and small contractors are losing out on millions of stimulus dollars because a ...

China’s stimulus is working, why isn’t...

Posted by Tom Jackson on May 01, 2009

The comments from Caterpillar CEO Jim Owens at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, keep dribbling out in the press. ...

Cat CEO: “I was ambushed”

Posted by Tom Jackson on Mar 05, 2009

A couple weeks ago we linked to a story that told different versions of what the stimulus bill would do for ...

Miss. governor: stimulate construction, not social...

Posted by Tom Jackson on Feb 26, 2009

Haley Barbour, the governor of Mississippi, says he wishes the federal stimulus bill would dedicate more money for roadbuilding and ...

Spy shots of 2015 Ford F-150 in testing suggest redesign...

Credit: Truck Trend/Chris Doane Automotive With the last F-150 redesign ...

GEAR: 1928 Ford Model A pickup with BMW V-8 is a throwback...

Click on over to Mike Burroughs telling of ...

Ram Trucks and Superman team up for “Man of...

Ram Trucks just made a pretty powerful new friend. Continuing its ...

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